Winner of Primavera

Congratulations, Mara! You won our drawing for a signed copy of Mary Jane Beaufrand’s Primavera! Please send your snail mail address to damselsinregress [at] gmail [dot] com so I can mail you your prize!

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I have been remiss in not sending a note about PRIMAVERA. I also apologize to Mary Jane Beauford. (I am also embarrassed by my sloppy comment. I was very excited and wanted to respond on the spot or I might put it off.)

While I am writing a series of middle grade novels (this is new for me as I wrote Adult fiction in the past. It could be considered “historical” because it is written in the vein of WIND IN THE WILLOWS — but with a more modern voice and concerns.) I have not been able to READ. This was never true before. (bad grammar? now I am self conscious because I linked into your grammar site.)

When I received PRIMAVERA, I was determined to read the entire book without pause. Of course, life would force me to pause, but I would read as much as I could until finished. It was important that I give back. It was comfortable reading. I enjoy historical ficiton. I enjoy a good romance. I like to read sci fi fantasy (beginning with Marion Zimmer Bradley and Anne McCaffrey), and I enjoyed learning about the Italian Renaissance. I was, of course, well schooled in the English and the writers and artists of that time, but was unaware of the particulars.

I did read Maguire’s book, , set at the time of the Medici. This was a great background for poison apples :).

Back to the book. I read slowly at first, but then the book picked up and I could not put it down until I finished it. I read most of it over a weekend. I found the heroine to be fetching and unusual. Her ability to complain and suffer without seeming pathetic. This has been a problem with my novel, which is the reason I am working on children’s book.

The Damsels

Jennifer, Emilie, and Tricia met while they were graduate students in Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction program. They bonded over their love for children's and young adult fiction, especially all types of historical fiction, and their desire to see their books in print.